The season to vacation might feel a little more strange this year, compared to years gone by, but stories like the ones in DC Cybernetic Summer give us heroes to root for, and stories to giggle over. It's a lovely offering by masters of comics today. Read Full Review

If you want some comics to distract you from the world burning while also giving you that sweet Summer content that we all desperately crave, the DC Cybernetic Summer Special is the book you're gonna want to pick up. Read Full Review

Overall, there isn't a single story in this volume that I didn't enjoy at least somewhat. Another big win for DC as their anthologies continue to be top-tier. Read Full Review

Of the recent batch of anthology editions, Cybernetic Summer has plenty of enjoyable stories beyond what I mentioned, but some of the weaker stories weigh it down from being an essential read. Read Full Review

Anyone looking for some fun, light reading can do much worse than seeing Batman scared by a coffee pot. Read Full Review

The story was interesting at the start and had some intriguing ideas, but it completely fell apart towards the end. Read Full Review

The 80 pages of DC's Cybernetic Summer fly by. Check this one out for some much-needed excitement and levity during one of the weirdest summers ever. Read Full Review

A ten part experiment on being silly, DC Cybernetic Summers a series of stories that are seemingly out of canon and thus more equipped to be ludicrous and frontloaded. Though these antics works for some of the tales, others fail to inspire. Read Full Review

I’am here for Max Bernis... and well... this was good

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These vary in quality, as they always do, but there is a sense they are getting better with each one. The standout to me was Steve Orlando's Midnighter and Apollo story, the choice of Mallah and Brain as villains they could relate to was pretty brilliant. Some of it was borderline fan fiction, like Stuart Moore's, but it reads like something your friend would write as an inside joke and that is kind of okay too.

The Superboy story was pretty heavy too... that was a fantastic and well written short.

This was actually a well written and a lot of fun comics! (I like my Midhighter and Apollo more edgy) but it is all good!

Batman vs Brother Eye = 6

Platinum & Wonder Woman = 5

Red Tornado Family = 8

Blue & Gold = 9

Multiverse Flash Race = 7

Superboy Robot = 9

Midnighter & Apollo = 6

Harley Quinn = 4

Robotman & Mike = 10

Superman & Cyborg vs Henshaw = 10

This is just a solid seasonal anthology for the summer, cyborg style. This anthology has a variety of wacky stories, and while it might not appeal to everybody, everyone can at least get a laugh or two out of this book, and it serves its function well. Alot of these stories makes fun of itself and it knows it. All of these stories to me were just something nice to kick back and read for the summer, my favorite being the Superboy/Legion story by Erickson. Its was a splash of F U N. So if you want to read some funny and chill stories, here ya go. Its nothing super special or memorable, and is kind of a rip off for 10 bucks, but nevertheless is something that can be enjoyed.

As with any thematic anthology, there's something for everyone here, but it's also doubtful each and every short story contained in it will appeal to every reader. I, personally, found Summer Lovin', Summer Bummer and Catfish Crisis (in this order) to be the most enjoyable for the most part, with Summer Camp and very possibly Fandom following soon after. That said, no comic here is perfect or even outstanding - they're just funny little shorts you read, laugh a minute and move on, forgetting everything you've just read. That's usually the nature of anthologies.

Summer Lovin' is a decent silver age Superman story touching the subject of Turing's famous test, and is probably the only story here that made me feel something. Even if Legionnaires don't serve any real purpose in it, it was nice to see them in something written by someone else than Brian Michael Bendis.
Summer Bummer is a lighthearted tale of friendship, containing the message of accepting each other's differences. It doesn't overpromise, it doesn't overstay its welcome - it is exactly what you think it may be, and it works. It just works.
Catfish Crisis and Fandom are bizarre and clearly intended to make you laugh, if you have enough distance to comics to approach them with open mind.
And finally, Summer Camp - probably the most conventional story in the book, pretty predictable and straight forward, but it does tell what it wants, which is the importance of putting your family before your job, as well as never judging a book by its cover.

The rest was a mixed bag to ME, which doesn't mean YOU won't find value there. As I said earlier - anthologies tend to contain diverse material, and it really comes down to the reader to determine what appeals to them the most. To me, overall, Cybernetic Summer is... okay, I guess. Nothing special, nothing super inventive, nor especially memorable, but nonetheless it can be fun. more

I told myself I wouldn't read this one but I am a masochist, I guess. Anthologies are usually all over the place, and in the case of these holiday themed ones, used as sort of a testing grounds for smaller writers. In my opinion, that leads to a lot of these anthologies being mediocre at best. But maybe this one will be the exception to the rule.

The Limits of Control by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman is something that I can only describe as cute. I feel like they take a couple liberties with the concept of AI. And I understand the whole history of Brother Eye, but still... Batman's suspicious of a coffee maker at the end. That's very cute. The art is honestly great, though, so that's a plus.

Fandom by Andrew Constant and Nicola Scott is just plain weird, and a bit of a cringe inducer. "Just so you know, Wonder Woman likes anime. UwU" Everyone loves anime now. I disagree with Nihilist on this one. You can approach this with an open mind all you want. It never approaches funny. It's just sort of a waste. The art was pretty good though.

Summer Camp by Stephanie Phillips and Leila Del Duca is fine. It tells a wholesome sort of story we've all read a million times before. Everything about it is competent. Nothing more to it than that though.

The Boys of Summer by Heath Corson and Scott Koblish is just a mess. Too much is crammed into the story and that makes reading it a chore. It feels like a rookie mistake. Something I've done myself in an attempt at making comics. I know Heath Corson works on the DC animated movies. Maybe he should stick with that. The art is good, but it's covered up by so much text.

The Speedster Games by Joshua Williamson and David Lefuente is mediocre. Much like Williamson's Flash run. It's just not very interesting and it's a rehash of concepts that Williamson has already rehashed before. I'm not a fan of David Lefuente's art. Haven't been since his stint on Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man.

Summer Lovin' by Liz Erickson and Nik Virella is actually a lot of fun. I really like stupid Silver Age stories and this did a good job capturing the feeling of that (without also filling the pages with words thankfully.). This may be a standout for the anthology. We'll see.

Out There by Steve Orlando and Paul Pelletier is actually not that bad. I am a fan of Monsieur Mallah and the Brain, so whenever they're used, I'm a bit softened. I've never read Steve Orlando's Midnighter and Apollo, but I've heard it's good even by people who typically don't like his writing. And this short story is honestly another standout for the anthology, so maybe I should check that out soon.

Splish Splash Special by Che Grayson and Marguerite Sauvage is dreadful. I don't like modern Harley Quinn at all, and this is just that. This is terrible.

Summer Bummer by Max Bemis and Greg Smallwood is the only story in this anthology that I actually had an interest in reading. Max Bemis wrote some great stuff over at Marvel, including a severely underrated Foolkiller miniseries and a mostly good Moon Knight run (It kind of unraveled at the end, and that was most likely caused by Max Bemis' life unraveling at the same time), so I'm glad he's back in comics. Greg Smallwood is an amazing artist. This had to be great, and it was pretty good! It was definitely a bit weird, but the message was solid and it was constructed well. But it definitely wasn't what I was expecting from a Robotman story by Max Bemis.

Catfish Crisis by Stuart Moore and Cully Hamner is honestly a fun way to round out the anthology. Nothing amazing, but it left me feeling like this wasn't all a complete waste of time.

Overall, this anthology is mixed. I don't see it being worth the $9.99 unless you read all of it, but not all of it is good, and therein is where the issue lies. more